hello, i'm kasia madera. welcome to outside source. with fighting now in its second week, the united states calls on israel and the palestinians in gaza to avoid more civilian casualties. palestinians and israelis, like people everywhere, have the right to live in safety and security. this is not an israeli privilege or a palestinian privilege. bracing for a major cyclone in india — 200,000 people are evacuated from coastal areas in gujarat state as fears grow about the disruption to the vaccination programme. a big step back to normal life as most of the uk lifts restrictions on indoor gatherings.

and some of the biggest brands in film and tvjoin forces to launch a giant new streaming company designed to take on the likes of disney and netflix. hello and welcome. fighting between israel and palestinians has entered its second week. this is what happened in the early hours of monday. air strikes on targets in gaza. israel says it destroyed 15 kilometres of tunnels used by palestinian militants there. this is the aftermath of one israeli strike on the southern area of gaza earlier today.

and these are ambulances evacuating injured palestinians to egypt, through the southern border of the gaza strip. this followed hamas firing barrages of rockets from gaza, aimed at cities in israel. you can see some you can see some of you can see some of the damage to buildings. here's israel's defence minister. translation: we have thousands of targets - of terrorist organisations. we'll reach their homes, their underground hideouts, theirfactories. wherever they produce terrorism, we will target and attack them. these are strong words from israel — which do not indicate the violence will end soon. meanwhile, we've had this from the united states. i believe israel as a democracy has an extra burden to do everything possible to avoid civilian casualties, even as it defends itself and its people. these are the casualty numbers since the conflict flared up a week ago. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says 200 people have been

killed in israeli strikes. that includes 59 children. ten people in israel, including two children, have been killed in rocket attacks launched from gaza. the united nations has warned the conflict could lead to fuel shortages in gaza. that could mean hospitals and other facilities losing power. here's bel trew, the independent�*s middle east correspondent injerusalem. gaza already suffers from massive electrical power outages, at the moment, there's only four hours for those families that actually have access to the grids, and there's also places where they have no power whatsoever. that is because gaza is running off one of only four turbines left in its power plant, and according to the statistics, their fuel will run out basically tomorrow, which means that one turbine will stop working completely. there are some power lines coming from israel, but they've been severely impacted. it's only at about a third of power as it normally would have because several lines have been hit by the fighting.

there is some confusion over who is responsible for that. so, the israelis have said, or security officials have said that rockets that have not made it over the border are responsible for targeting those lives, whereas the palestinians and say it's the air strikes. the same outcome will happen, which is people across the strip, only a0 km long, i will not have any power. that will impact hospitals and the water supply because water plants will not be working. monday's fighting follows the deadliest day officials in gaza said sunday was the deadliest day of the flare—up so far. emergency workers spent the day trying to rescue people from under debris. here's our middle east correspondent tom bateman. they're still searching for the rubble after yesterday's raid left dozens dead. they pray for a

miracle. and then it happens. this six—year—old survives, trapped for seven hours. herfamily died. this six—year—old survives, trapped forseven hours. herfamily died. in the hospital, she is reunited with her father who is badly the hospital, she is reunited with herfather who is badly wounded. translation: i was filled with all the anger of the universe. but when i heard that one of my daughters was alive, i said thank god because this girl, might capture a little more of my daughters smiles because she is their sister. daughters smiles because she is their sister-— their sister. desperate scenes there. tamara alrifai is a spokesperson for the united nations�* relief and works agency for palestinian refugees in the near east.

when you speak to your colleagues on the ground, give us an indication as to what they're experiencing. the collea . ues to what they're experiencing. tue: colleagues from to what they're experiencing. tte: colleagues from gaza say that this is, gaza is experiencing the most intense air strikes and violence since 201a. in terms of loss of life, damage to infrastructure but also, massive psychological impact. everybody is distressed, desperate. reminder this is the fourth round of hostilities in 13 years, and every round ends up leaving the basic infrastructure in gaza weekend. gaza has been under blockade for now 1a years, which has completely weakened the economy and has completely weakened even the perspectives, close to the perspectives on young people. unemployment is high and this last year, because i has been severely impacted by covid. altogether, this takes the crisis to

another level. t altogether, this takes the crisis to another level.— altogether, this takes the crisis to another level. i wonder if you could develo another level. i wonder if you could develop on — another level. i wonder if you could develop on that, _ another level. i wonder if you could develop on that, the _ another level. i wonder if you could develop on that, the situation - another level. i wonder if you could develop on that, the situation with | develop on that, the situation with the covid pandemic, something we're witnessing globally. how much of an impact had that had on this particular area?— impact had that had on this particular area? impact had that had on this articular area? ., " .,, ., ., particular area? covid-19 has had a hue particular area? covid-19 has had a huge impact _ particular area? covid-19 has had a huge impact on _ particular area? covid-19 has had a huge impact on gaza _ particular area? covid-19 has had a huge impact on gaza and _ particular area? covid-19 has had a huge impact on gaza and that - particular area? covid-19 has had a huge impact on gaza and that the l huge impact on gaza and that the additional restrictions that were supposed to take place or kick in because of the pandemic were not possible in places densely possibly aided as gaza —— densely possible. —— populated. many people live in the same household, and in the case of palestinian refugees, camps are extremely populated. because of the full blockade on gaza, the economic situation is so bad, unemployment is so high that most people are daily paid workers and it's difficult for them to stop working or not go out in order to face covid. a lot of them say they'd rather face the

possibility of a pandemic than hunger and get theirfamily hungry. with this, trying to mitigate the impact, and has been very heavily invested in the vaccination campaign. as a reminder, vaccination rates are amongst palestinians are at 5%, which is very, very low. for some perspective, vaccination rates in india, which is a huge covid crisis now, is that 10%. so, with this conflict, our vaccination roll—out has had to stop. therefore there is an additional risk on top of the air strikes, the displacement, the fear, the psychological trauma. there's also a risk of spreading the virus. tomorrow, as the diplomatic measures continue so far, no sign of a cease—fire. how does that add to the

complexities of what is already a very difficult situation? the complexities of what is already a very difficult situation?— very difficult situation? the lack of cease-fire _ very difficult situation? the lack of cease-fire heavily _ very difficult situation? the lack of cease-fire heavily impacts i very difficult situation? the lack| of cease-fire heavily impacts the of cease—fire heavily impacts the ability of aid workers to go around the city and organise humanitarian assistance. as of today, more than a3,000 people are gathering in 53... usedin a3,000 people are gathering in 53... used in sheltering people whose homes have been destroyed, but this is a situation where there is no cease—fire, it's very difficult for everyone to go around —— gathering in schools. what we usually offer and sell shelters needs to be stepped up to abide by the precautions. most of my colleagues are palestinian refugees themselves, so it's their own families and communities that are under these air bombardments, and themselves have to defend themselves and their families

and protect them. all of this makes and protect them. all of this makes a humanitarian response extremely complicated. to a humanitarian response extremely complicated-— complicated. to o'mara alrifai, thank you _ complicated. to o'mara alrifai, thank you so — complicated. to o'mara alrifai, thank you so much. _ this is a complex story which can be confusing to understand. thankfully, the bbc has lots of resources online, including this article explaining the conflict. details about a senior commander based in gaza, islamichhad, that is believed to have been killed. much more detail on what is happening on the ground. that's at bbc.com/news. do have a look at that to more background. the us supreme court has agreed to hear a case challenging the 1973 roe v wade decision. it's the decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion. it will be the first time

the for the court's new conservative majority to weigh in on the topic. it allowed for abortions later in pregnancy. it's being billed as the biggest case and it kind of for more than 30 years. here's our north america correspondent, gary o'donoghue. the next 12 months will be a huge battleground in this area because this law is a substantial a massive challenge to the 1973 roe v wade decision by the supreme court. it would overturn the protections given in a case about 20 years after that, which gave women no rights to an abortion. only really allow for restrictions when they were viability outside the womb, which for many doctors is 2a to 28 weeks. you do see them dialling back to 15 weeks, to the detection of a foetal heartbeat, which some people don't

even know they're pregnant. you can see the kind of difference it makes. it wouldn't necessarily make abortion illegal, but it would leave it down to the individual states to set the rules for abortion. a lot of states are currently controlled by republican legislators and republican legislators and republican governors, around 30 or so. you can see the kinds of restrictions that could be brought in off the back of this. lots of if �*s and buts, but that's at stake here. it is now 6—3 in favour of republicans. there's been a lot of talk about decisions in restrictions around abortion and on what clinics have to do and what doctors have to do. a couple of those have been thrown out in recent years, including with the vote of one of the conservative judges, john roberts, but things have changed significantly. amy coney barrett, of

conservative or roman catholic, and brett cavanaugh. and these are conservative judges. brett cavanaugh. and these are conservativejudges. of brett cavanaugh. and these are conservative judges. of course, brett cavanaugh. and these are conservativejudges. of course, they will be tied by the president of the court. presidents do get overturned. that's what's happened in all sorts of areas. , that's what's happened in all sorts ofareas. , ., india's western state of gujarat is in the grip of a powerful cyclone thought to be the strongest storm to hit the region in decades. tens of thousands of people have had to be evacuated. at least 12 people have been killed as the storm brushed past the coastal states of kerala, karnataka, goa and maharashtra. severalfishing boats have been reported missing. this is one of the latest maps from the indian meteorological department showing in vivid colours just how big the storm us. showing in vivid coloursjust how big the storm is. these pictures from mumbai give you some indication of how strong it is — winds of around 180 kilometres per hour were recorded and the city's airport and some main roads had to be closed.

similar precautions have been taken in gujarat, from where our correspondent, samina sheikh, sent this report. this region has been affected by the pandemic, i now heavy rainfall due to the cyclone has affected many lives in this region. it already has evacuated 150,000 people so far. i've met some fishermen and their family members, who have refused to leave their houses and their boats because there are allegations that their homes have insufficient food and they are not living this close. so, the local department has quoted the cyclone as extremely serious. around some regions will face heavy to very heavy rain today and tomorrow. preparations for cyclone tauktae have disrupted the country's response to its devastating covid—19 outbreak.

hundreds of covid patients in maharashtra and gujarat have had to be moved because of the cyclone and vaccine drives in some areas have been suspended. meanwhile, more than a000 covid deaths and 280,000 new cases have been reported in the past 2a hours. this takes the total number of cases close to 25 million. for more, let's speak to the bbc�*s neha bhatnagar. whojoins us who joins us live down. i know you've been speaking to friends in mumbai, just tell us how they're getting along. 50. mumbai, just tell us how they're getting along-— mumbai, just tell us how they're getting along. so, my friends and family members _ getting along. so, my friends and family members in _ getting along. so, my friends and family members in mumbai - getting along. so, my friends and family members in mumbai saysl getting along. so, my friends and | family members in mumbai says it getting along. so, my friends and - family members in mumbai says it has been quite difficult because the cyclone just brushed past and made its landfill in the last few hours. indian meteorological department says this will continue for a few hours with wind speeds of 160 kph.

very heavy rainfall. mine by is a financial —— mumbai is financial, so in as a knock on effect on the rest of the country. people are sending videos about the extent of damage that they're seeing, and they do say they feel they have kind of, just because of the tragic, it wasn't as badly affected. the airport was closed for a period of time. there have been reports of waterlogging, reports of tree falling and many cars being destroyed because of that. also, in some parts outside of mumbai, people i spoke with mentioned art electricity had been affected. mobile networks were affected. mobile networks were affected. the areas can get waterlogged quite easily, but with

the scale of heavy rainfall, that has been the case in many parts, particularly areas which were directly in the trajectory of the cyclone. tt directly in the tra'ectory of the clone. , , ., directly in the tra'ectory of the clone. , ., , cyclone. it complicates what is alread a cyclone. it complicates what is already a difficult _ cyclone. it complicates what is already a difficult situation - cyclone. it complicates what is l already a difficult situation given the surges in coronavirus across india. �* , ,., , the surges in coronavirus across india. �* , the surges in coronavirus across india. , ., ., , india. absolutely, india's already the ulobal india. absolutely, india's already the global epicentre _ india. absolutely, india's already the global epicentre of— india. absolutely, india's already i the global epicentre of coronavirus, and this comes as a double blow. 150,000 plus people were evacuated. you can imagine the number of people evacuated moved to shelters, even more overcrowded. possible covid spread in those areas. vaccine drive already halted. there's been quite a lot of criticism of the state of the vaccine drive. that is being halted for a couple of days. covid patients have to be moved out of hospitals to other facilities as a precaution

just to ensure uninterrupted electricity and all accidents of life. people who are managing to stay afloat, this is, is a big blow —— and oxygen supply. stay afloat, this is, is a big blow -- and oxygen supply. absolutely. thank ou -- and oxygen supply. absolutely. thank you so _ -- and oxygen supply. absolutely. thank you so much _ -- and oxygen supply. absolutely. thank you so much for— -- and oxygen supply. absolutely. thank you so much for talking - -- and oxygen supply. absolutely. thank you so much for talking us | thank you so much for talking us through that and we hope your family and friends do remain safe. let's turn to england. lockdown is loosening again today in the uk. people will be allowed to eat and drink inside pubs and restaurants. hugging is allowed for the first time in over a year and foreign travel to a limited list of countries as well. here's simonjack. back indoors. today's reopening of inside drinking was a moment to celebrate for returning regulars at this pub in bury st edmunds. it is so different to be back amongst company that you know and are friendly with and everybody

knows your name. landlady heather was glad to see them and her staff after a challenging few months. it's absolutely great to be back. it's great to welcome all the staff back that have been on furlough for the last five months, so, it's nice to be back as a team. it's nice to be seeing our regulars once again. we are down, financially, we are down, but we're surviving and we hope to survive. thank you very much. first time i've been able to do this, and this, for six months. it's monday lunchtime, it's not exactly heaving, but this is a very big moment, particularly for venues that haven't had any outside space, and that's 60% of them. but they're still operating at a fraction of their normal capacity, barely breaking even. the real prize isjune the 21st, when it's hoped restrictions can be totally lifted and, if that doesn't happen, today's reopening could still fall a little flat. one of the uk's biggest brewers and pub owners, greene king, has been busy

replenishing pub cellars. we've delivered 17 million pints of beer to around a500 customers. but the boss warned that, if the june date slips, with government support measures due to start tapering off at the end ofjune will need to be extended. we all want to get back to standing up in the pub again. i certainly do. but, until that is the case we're not going to be profitable. therefore, in my view, if we move from the 21st, the government has to move the support as well, on business rates but also on furlough. there's a lot of cost running through our businesses when we're not trading normally, as we would have done pre—pandemic. staffing is also a real problem. this hotel and restaurant can't find people confident enough to return to an industry that's often been the first to shut when the virus that grows. we're sitting in the building here at the north which should be open, but we're not open, because we haven't been able to recruit, enough people, to be able to run a seven day rotor.

so, across our portfolio, we're losing about 8—10 trading days a week. this is happening across town and across the uk. the way forward from here is not as clear as it seemed even in recent history. simonjack, bbc news, bury st edmunds. from today people living in the uk will be able to travel abroad to these 12 countries. one of the most popular for brits is portugal. there were 30 flights there today, but it seems like the journalists got there first. this tweet is from a colleague on that first flight to the holiday destination, and of course, going on holiday isn't the same as before the pandemic. she tried to interview itv, not realising they were not holiday—makers. they were packing up after reporting on bbc breakfast. lots ofjournalists. it's one of the

things that happens. travellers will need a negative pcr test. here's travel journalist simon calder, who hasjust flown to the algarve on what's change. goodness me, there's love the paper part —— paperwork. you have told line up and get another piece of paper saying that you've actually had your past checks, the get your portuguese qr code to be let in. i used to go travelling quite a lot in the soviet union. it was a heck of a lot easier than a simple trip to portugal. half of all tourists in the algarve come from the uk and the economy relies heavily on british tourists. here are two business owners on what allowing the travel means for them. everywhere you go, any month of the year, you always have brits or brown. when they are missing, not only a lot of the funds are missing,

but the economy suffers —— brits around. mt; but the economy suffers -- brits around. y , but the economy suffers -- brits around. g , ., ., ~ around. my husband and i work in the same company. _ around. my husband and i work in the same company. so — around. my husband and i work in the same company, so it's _ around. my husband and i work in the same company, so it's difficult. - around. my husband and i work in the same company, so it's difficult. whyl same company, so it's difficult. why did you _ same company, so it's difficult. why did you think you might lose your business? — did you think you might lose your business? yeah, of course, because we close _ business? yeah, of course, because we close last — business? yeah, of course, because we close last summer. i�*m business? yeah, of course, because we close last summer.— we close last summer. i'm 'ealous that my colleague * we close last summer. i'm 'ealous that my colleague is h we close last summer. i'm 'ealous that my colleague is on _ we close last summer. i'm 'ealous that my colleague is on a h we close last summer. i'm jealous that my colleague is on a boat - we close last summer. i'm jealous that my colleague is on a boat onl that my colleague is on a boat on the beach in the algarve, an area very popular with tourists. the return of british tourists won't change the fortunes of the algarve overnight, but it's a big boost to individual businesses, but also to people with spirits, giving hope that finally, this really important tourism sector in portugal has weathered the covid storm. there are flights for tourists to gibraltar as well today, but the other ten countries on that green list are not all as welcoming as portugal. here's simon calder again. the other european country on the

green list is iceland. they haven't got any fights till a week tomorrow, and to make things trickier, you're only allowed in if you have both jabs. the other nine countries on the green list are mostly composed of places that certainly don't want the likes of me, possibly not even you, at the moment. or places which are frankly inaccessible like south georgia and the lovely south sandwich islands. today's rule changes affect people travelling out of the uk. the british government continues to deal with coronavirus infections brought in by people travelling into the country. in certain parts of the uk, such as bolton, where this strain is becoming the dominant one, vaccines are being offered to everyone over 17. you can see here the queue in bolton of people today waiting to get vaccinated. the government is hoping this will help stop the spread

so the country can continue to open up. here's the health secretary, matt hancock. the early evidence suggests that b1 617 point to is more transmissible than the previously dominant be triple 17 variant. we do not yet know to what extent it's more transmissible, and while we also don't have the complete picture on the impact of the vaccine, the early laboratory data from oxford university corroborates the provisional evidence from bolton hospital and the initial observational data from india that vaccines are effective against this variant. this of course is reassuring, but the higher transmission poses a real risk. the situation they are in the uk. we will have much more coming up in the next half hour of outside source, so

don't go away. we've got lots of analysis and research on our website. i will be back there shortly. bye—bye. hello there. you probably noticed over the last few weeks, our weather patterns have been stuck with low pressure firmly in charge, and those rainfall totals firmly mounting up. top of the rainfall leak, north yorkshire, double the amount of rains expected. we're onlyjust past the halfway point of the month. there's lows more rain to come with storm clouds like these remaining firmly on the horizon. looking at the radar picture, you can see how some of the heavier showers were across the midlands, eastern and southern areas of england, running ahead of the straw. behind us, the skies cleared through the afternoon across wales and northwest england, and these trough features can be important as to where the showers come. overnight tonight, many of the

day's showers will very gradually begin to ease. looking at the satellite picture, down towards the southwest of the uk, another of these trough features running in. these are going to provide the focus for the big showers of the day. across southwest england and wales, quickly tuesday morning, one of these trough is going to move in, so heavy rain works in your first. otherwise, most of the uk will get off to a fine and sunny start. it's not going to stay that way. big clouds will develop and showers will become widespread to the afternoon, some of them heavy and thundery. the showers probably at the heaviest across wales, the midlands and southern counties of england as well. into wednesday, it's another showery forecast. this time, the heavier showers will be across eastern scotland and eastern england. those storms will be slow—moving because the winds are

going to be light, and we will have some large rainfall totals in places. there will be fewer 's showers across wales and the southwest, which should be brighter but a bit more on the way of sunshine to go around. in the may sunshine, it doesn't feel too bad. we're not really going to see showers. that's because we got this area of low pressure over the uk, so rather than showers, more general outbreaks of rain affecting pretty much all parts of the country through thursday and friday. strong winds as well, gale force gusts. strong enough to bring down a few trees or branches, so could be some localised destruction.

hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. with fighting now in its second week, the united states calls on israel and the palestinians in gaza to avoid more civilian casualties. palestinians and israelis, like people everywhere, have the right to live in safety and security. this is not an israeli privilege or a palestinian privilege. bracing for a major cyclone in india — 200,000 people are evacuated from coastal areas in gujarat state as fears grow about the disruption to the vaccination programme. a big step back to normal life as most of the uk lifts restrictions on indoor gatherings.

and some of the biggest brands in film and tvjoin forces to launch a giant new streaming company designed to take on the likes of disney and netflix. 200 people in the gaza strip, and 10 in israel, have now died in violence between israel and the palestinians in gaza. i want to bring you two perspectives from either side of this conflict. starting with malak mattar, who's palestinian. she's a 21—year—old artist from gaza city. when i wake up, ijust feel its a miracle, because every night itjust feels as the ending of life. it's really a horrific and terrifying condition, bombings have not stopped and as a survivor of three wars, i could say that this war has been much worse and although i don't know the names of the weapons used,

but i can feel the intensity and because the house keeps shaking, no matter how near or far the bombings are, and the numbers of bombings getting fired all at once is way larger than before. we are trying to confront the situation. it's not easy. seven days in a row, when we go to sleep and almost every evening, every night, we get the kids out of bed, run to shelters, we have 30—60 seconds to find shelter and we try to be honest as much as we can. they ask lots of questions. "why is it happening, why to us, why every couple of years, why do we have to run to shelter, we just got out of covid. how come we are still not in a very stable situation?" we don't have all the answers also for us as grown—ups.

international calls for a ceasefire have continued to mount. egypt's president says his country is "going to great lengths to reach a ceasefire. and hope still exists". the un secretary—general warns that fighting has "the potential to unleash an uncontainable security and humanitarian crisis". (biv)and to unleash an uncontainable security and humanitarian crisis". and we've heard from the us secretary of state. israel has the right to defend itself. there is no equivalence between a terrorist group indiscriminately firing rockets at civilians and our country defending its people from those attacks. so we call on hamas and other groups in gaza to end the rocket attacks immediately. i've also said that i believe israel is a democracy has an extra burden to do everything possible to avoid civilian casualties, even as it defends itself and its people. we've also had this tweet

from president biden's national security adviser. he says, "the united states is engaged in quiet, intensive diplomacy and our efforts will continue." let's speak to barbara plett usher in washington we plett usher in washington have had this echoed in briefing we have had this echoed in a press briefing earlier, just saying that quiet diplomacy is going on. meanwhile, the calls for a ceasefire continue. . , ., , ., continue. that is what they are sa in: at continue. that is what they are saying at the — continue. that is what they are saying at the moment. - continue. that is what they are saying at the moment. they i continue. that is what they are | saying at the moment. they are intensively engaged, they say they have made 60 calls at high levels to many different parties over the past week. president biden has spoken at the weekend to the australian palestinian leaders, but publicly, the scene there is not the time ——

they keep talking about behind—the—scenes diplomacy. you heard from antony blinken that he has talked about civilian casualties, he is framing it as a human rights issue, saying palestinians have equal rights as israelis. he puts the onus on hamas to stop the rocket fire in order to end the violence and there had been a steady barrage of hamas rocket fire that has reached israeli cities which as i think probably because the administration to back israel strongly in terms of its right to self—defence. although that's a position that most administrations take. he said that the administration is ready to support ceasefire efforts, should the parties seek one. he has not publicly called for that to happen. which suggests for the time being, israel's argument it needs to

continue to destroy hamas infrastructure, military infrastructure, military infrastructure and weapons, despite the human cost. talk infrastructure and weapons, despite the human cost.— infrastructure and weapons, despite the human cost. talk us through how the human cost. talk us through how the can the human cost. talk us through how they can take — the human cost. talk us through how they can take distance _ the human cost. talk us through how they can take distance because - the human cost. talk us through how they can take distance because there j they can take distance because there is a lot of concern that the us blocked that un and calling for a ceasefire for the fighting to end. how long wellness go on for, how long can the united states be like this? we long can the united states be like this? ~ ., �* ~ ., long can the united states be like this? ., �* ~ ., ., ., ., , this? we don't know. traditionally, anal sts this? we don't know. traditionally, analysts say _ this? we don't know. traditionally, analysts say the — this? we don't know. traditionally, analysts say the pattern _ this? we don't know. traditionally, analysts say the pattern is - this? we don't know. traditionally, analysts say the pattern is for - analysts say the pattern is for other regular sessions, notjust the biden administration, that they keep a low profile in the outburst of an air war between palestinian militants and israel. presumably, to give israel the time to do what the need to do and if it goes on for a long time, you might see more public criticism, you might see public joining with other parties, including the un to call for a

ceasefire, at a certain point, if there is a big atrocity or something perhaps, that might step up even further. it seems very much that we are still in this initial phase, at least so far publicly. that the us has calculated that the hamas rocket fire is something that is a threat to israel and it won't respond publicly and tell both sides or call for a ceasefire. there is some in congress, dissent over this. for a ceasefire. there is some in congress, dissent overthis. some democratic lawmakers have called for a ceasefire, 28 democratic lawmakers have done so. the top republican foreign affairs committee has led to that as well. we will see over time if this continues, whether the calls will step up. this if this continues, whether the calls will step up-_ will step up. as always, thanks to much.

us—led forces are due to complete their pull—out the top us commander in afghanistan has told the bbc he expects violence to increase as the united states and its nato allies continue their troop withdrawal. general scott miller was speaking to the bbc�*s chief international correspondent lyse doucet in a rare interview at the bagram nato air base just north of kabul. watching closely what the taliban will do, what the expectation is that they will pick up violence in the near—term. but the afghan forces aren't quite ready, they still need you, you see that in one battle after another. the afghan security forces have the capabilities. we are still in opposition, even in the midst of a retrograde, where we are able to support afghan security forces. us—led forces are due to complete their pull—out from afghanistan by the 11th september, 20 years on from the attacks on the united states that ultimately led to their placement. general miller was also asked to reflect on what they had achieved in that time. history is going to write the story.

the objectives we set out, i think they will be evaluated. and i think we will really need to take a really honest look at the things that we did not do as well as we wanted to. certainly, there were some victories along the way. the future will tell the rest of the story. meanwhile the united states is still trying to push to renew peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban to end the conflict in afghanistan. for more on how the diplomacy is progressing here's lyse doucet in kabul. there has been very little progress. in fact, very little talking at around the negotiating table since last september, when the two sites, the afghan government delegation and the taliban, sat down in the gulf state of qatar. there have been some discussions, but it has gone very slowly. the taliban in fact decided to stay away for a long time, preferring to put their emphasis on gaining ground on the battlefield, to hopefully increase their advantage when they do get back to talks. we have heard in the last 2a hours that they will now try to have more genuine discussions in doha and there are talks of reviving

the plan to have an international gathering in turkey. you hear about the talking, but you also hear about preparations on the ground and afghans are braced for a really fighting season of all fighting seasons, this summer. in south america, independent and opposition candidates have a won two—thirds of the seats in the body that will write a new constitution in chile. voters were asked to choose people to rewrite chile's constitution, which dates back to the military rule of general augusto pinochet. the constitutional convention is made up of 155 citizens, and it is the first in the world to stipulate parity between male and female members. government—backed candidates only secured about a quarter of the seats. here's president pinera speaking about the outcome of the vote. translation: in these elections, |

people have sent a clear and strong message to the government and also to all traditional political forces. we are not properly attuned to peoples demands and aspirations. and we are being challenged by new expressions and new leaderships. so how did we get here? well last october, an overwhelming majority of chileans voted in favour of rewriting the constitution in a referendum, which was held after mass demonstrations erupted across the country a year earlier. this was the scene in the capital santiago in 2019 when protests were initially triggered by a fare hike on the metro. they drew in wider public anger over levels of inequality in chile. many argue the old pinochet—era constitution is the root cause of much of the country's problems because it's widely perceived to favour big business over the rights of ordinary citizens.

for more on the this i'm joined from santiago byjournalist paula molina. what do people want to be in their new constitution? this result has been taken as a surprise in chile. they represent total, not only a surprise, but this is a taint in political terms. traditional political parties have faced huge losses in this process and women, independent voters and a new political parties on the left side have been the winners of these processes. there was a number of people voting in this which was

around a0% of the people allowed to vote. there is a sense that things are going to change you're in chile. maybe for the first time since the end of the military dictatorship. you talk about women, better representation notjust for women but indigenous groups in chile? there are 17 seats reserved for indigenous groups. this is something new in our political system. in terms of women, this is the first time in the world the constitution will be written by women and men and what happened, actually yesterday, during the voting, it was a two—day voting process, is that... someone and were elected as a matter of fact, some men will have to... in order to get the 50—50% so it is a

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political system which is sort of blocked, it was blocked among two huge political groups, and now we have new voices, more independent voices, which will find maybe a new constitution that will allow change in those key areas. we constitution that will allow change in those key areas.— constitution that will allow change in those key areas. we will have to check in with _ in those key areas. we will have to check in with you _ in those key areas. we will have to check in with you as _ in those key areas. we will have to check in with you as and _ in those key areas. we will have to check in with you as and when i in those key areas. we will have to check in with you as and when we i check in with you as and when we have more detailed but fascinating to speak to you. thank you so much for your time. stay with us on outside source, still to come... looking at a new streaming giant. people are being encouraged to plant a tree to help the environment and mark the queen's 70 years on the throne. here's more from our royal correspondent daniela relph.

there is planning to do 70... 70 clumps of trees. she left the spadework to her son. the queen, wrapped up in her headscarf, a prolific tree—planter during her reign, kept a watchful eye. this is one of thousands we will see planted to mark the platinum jubilee, next year. planting a tree is a statement of hope and faith in the future. as we approach this most special year, i invite you all tojoin me, to plant a tree for thejubilee. in other words, a tree—bilee. and that tree—bilee that started here in the grounds of windsor castle, aims to get us all involved, to create a lasting, green tribute to 70 years of public service. newsreel: after the spadework, a good watering ensured - that the seedling got a proper start in life. _ whether it was chile, or here in india... by planting a sapling, — her majesty commemorated her visit. ..the queen has planted around 1,500

trees during her reign. it makes the green canopy project a fitting legacy to the world's longest—reigning monarch. we are putting trees on the ground which will be standing there into the 22nd century, and trees are something that we've all cherished over the last difficult year, and outdoor space in general, so creating a new, ancient forest, as it were, seems entirely apt to celebrate her reign. royal mail staff have already begun planting trees around their workplaces. and three million free saplings will also be available to schools and community groups. everybody who has got - the opportunity to plant a tree, whether it is a single tree i at your school, or on a playing field, or in your garden, - or on your farm, should take this opportunity to celebrate her majesty'sjubilee. . the aim is to get the whole country planting a tree for thejubilee. something that can survive and flourish for decades. daniela relph, bbc news, windsor great park. this is outside source live

from the bbc newsroom. our lead story? israel says it has killed a senior palestinian commander. with the fighting entering its second week, palestinian health official see 200 people including 59 children have died since last monday. people in lebanon are waiting to see whether the central bank will stop subsidising essential food items, medicine and fuel. it comes as the country is in the midst of a financial and economic collapse. the local currency has lost 85% of its value, and almost half the country now lives below the poverty line. carine torbey looks into what the collapse of a country means through the eyes of a young nurse and his family. this is not a prosperous city. it is the capital of a country in downfall. this man is a nurse at one of the biggest hospitals in beirut. for over ten years,

he enjoyed the good life. but a year and a half ago, his life — just like the lives of most people in the country — was turned upside down. well, everything has changed in my life. the standards of daily living, from day—to—day. i used to earn, every month, around $2,000. now the same salary is decreased by more than 75%. a lot of things have changed. for example, if i want to prepare a dish, living alone here in the city, i cannot afford to buy whatever i wish. so i need to be selective. food prices — this is where the effect of the collapse are most striking. with meagre salaries, and ridiculously inflated prices, people can barely

afford the essentials. so imagine, ten items for a single person, forjust one week, costs almost 200,000 lebanese pound. so this is around one third of the minimum wage in lebanon, just for this? sadly, true. getting medication in the country is also a struggle. a lot of drugs are no longer to be found. hassan collects money from his friends abroad to get medicine for people in need. but a lot of those medications are not available. if the subsidies are gone altogether for the medication, this will be disaster. it would be a really huge disaster. the slide into poverty accelerated over a year and a half ago. chanting. people took to the streets, asking for systemic change and for an end to corruption and mismanagement. faced with unflinching politicians, and a constant

worsening of the economy, the movement faded away. he took part in the early protests. he wanted to see change. now, he's longing to leave the country. frankly, i lost the light at the end of the tunnel, because we strive to find it, because we rely on the responsible, who have proven themselves, they are responsible now. for me, lebanon now is a largejail. it's a dungeon. the system is in pieces. the decline in people's lifestyle is very sharp. many are still unable to grasp its intensity. and fears are set soon, when subsidies on a few basic items such as fuel are lifted, things could get very much worse. corine torbey, bbc news, beirut.

we have more on the situation in lebanon on our website. some of the biggest brands in film and tv have joined forces to launch a giant new streaming company designed to take on the likes of disney and netflix. at&t, which owns hbo and warner brothers, has merged its media business with discovery, known for its documentaries and reality shows. they announced the deal with, what else? a very glossy trailer.

plenty of big names there. but as a name, warner media plus discovery doesn't really trip off the tongue. janine gibson from the financial times tweeted, "the new mega venture is yet to be named but hbo/discovery or home disco for short, is the obvious choice". of course it is! i suppose we'll see. alex weprin is from the hollywood reporter, a magazine and website covering the entertainment industry. apart from the name, which people will be paying to work out, the content, it will have everything? that's the logic, that's why they wanted to strike a deal. warner brothers films, cnn, scripted dramas like the sopranos, and you have

reality shows, cooking shows from discovery, nature documentaries, it's a wide—ranging content and i think they think that when they combine them together, it will give them the scale of streaming to really compete with netflix which is already a global company, and with disney, which is attempting to become one. disney, which is attempting to become one-— disney, which is attempting to become one. ~ , become one. will they achieve it? the will become one. will they achieve it? they will have _ become one. will they achieve it? they will have a _ become one. will they achieve it? they will have a lot _ become one. will they achieve it? they will have a lot of _ become one. will they achieve it? they will have a lot of content i become one. will they achieve it? they will have a lot of content butj they will have a lot of content but as we know, you can neverfind anything when you are looking so well they be able to address those issues? . �* , . well they be able to address those issues? . v . ., , well they be able to address those issues? . �*, . ~ , , ., issues? that's a key question. netflix has — issues? that's a key question. netflix has perfected - issues? that's a key question. netflix has perfected this i issues? that's a key question. netflix has perfected this idea j issues? that's a key question. i netflix has perfected this idea of, they will always tea something up that they think you will like. once your show is over, they have an idea what you like and they will try to deliver another episode of something that you will enjoy and that's a tough thing to do. it's a technology driven products. these companies are terrific, media companies are terrific, media companies are terrific, entertainment companies, they have a legendary film studio and television channels but don't

have experience with technology products that can predict what people will like. that's very much a question. once they bring this content under one roof, how do you convince people to watch it and figure out what will keep them watching? t5 figure out what will keep them watchin: ? , , ., ., figure out what will keep them watchinu? , , ., ., , watching? is this going to be successful? _ watching? is this going to be successful? they _ watching? is this going to be successful? they have i watching? is this going to be l successful? they have already branched out with warner, will they make a success of this. they have a few financial issues. tt make a success of this. they have a few financial issues.— few financial issues. it will cost a lot of money _ few financial issues. it will cost a lot of money to _ few financial issues. it will cost a lot of money to take _ few financial issues. it will cost a lot of money to take this - few financial issues. it will cost a lot of money to take this out i lot of money to take this out globally and make excessive streaming service, it's hard to say. it's going to cost an enormous sums. it's going to cost an enormous sums. it will take many years and i think they are really fighting for third place year after netflix and disney. there are a bunch of companies that will try and compete for those consumer dollars. try and take the number three spot behind them. it's going to be tough. taste number three spot behind them. it's going to be tough-— going to be tough. we will have to wait and watch _ going to be tough. we will have to wait and watch what _ going to be tough. we will have to wait and watch what we _ going to be tough. we will have to wait and watch what we will i going to be tough. we will have to wait and watch what we will see i going to be tough. we will have to i wait and watch what we will see what happens. thanks so much as always and a big thank you to all of you

joining us here for this edition of outside source. hello there. you probably noticed that over the last few weeks, our weather patterns have kind of got stuck with low pressure firmly in charge and those rainfall totals firmly mounting up. top of the rainfall league, topcliffe in north yorkshire, where they've already had double the amount of rain we'd expect in the whole of the month of may, and of course, we're onlyjust past the halfway point of the month. there's loads more rain to come and storm clouds like these remaining firmly on the horizon. now, looking at the radar picture today, you can see how some of the heavier showers were across the midlands, eastern and southern areas of england, running ahead of this trough. but behind it, the skies did clear through the afternoon across the west midlands and northwest england, and these trough features can be important as to where the showers

end up going. overnight tonight, many of the day's showers will very gradually begin to ease away with clear spells taking their place. temperatures down to about 5—8 celsius. looking at the satellite picture, down towards the southwest of the uk, we've got another of these trough features. these are again going to provide the focus for the big showers of the day. across southwest england and wales, quickly through the morning, but clouds will develop and showers become widespread through the afternoon, some heavy and thundery, much greater chance of seeing the downpours affect northern ireland. showers probably at the heaviest across wales, the midlands and southern counties of england. wednesday's forecast, another showery forecast, this time, heaviest shower was across eastern scotland and eastern areas of

england. here, storms will be slow—moving because the wind is light and we will have large rainfall totals in place. fewer shower was across wales in the south—west where it should be brighter and more in the way of sunshine. when the sun pops out, it doesn't feel too bad. the end of the week, no showers, that's because we have this stonking area of low pressure. general outbreaks of rain affecting pretty much all parts of the country, strong wind as well, gale force gusts strong enough to bring down a few tree branches. some localised disruption.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: a big step back to normal life as most of the uk lifts restrictions on indoor gatherings — in england, most of scotland and wales, up to six people can meet indoors. a vaccination drive in bolton and blackburn — where the indian covid variant is rising. people living in bedford are urged to "exercise caution" and get tested. the early laboratory data from oxford university corroborates the provisional evidence from bolton hospital and the initial observational data from india that vaccines are effective against this variant. quarantine free international travel opens up forjust a few countries — holidaymakers waste no time in heading to portugal. i just want to get to the villa! she laughs. just want to get out in the sun.

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